Sarah's Key - Blu Ray Review
Sarah's Key
Rating: M
Released by Madman
Based on Tatiana de
Rosnay's best selling novel, Scott Thomas stars as American journalist Julia
Jarmond.
She begins to look into the Vel'd'Hiv
Roundup in 1942 in France as part of a magazine article but discovers that she
shares a key connection to what happened in the past to a Jewish family and
their little girl called Sarah.
As she digs further
into the past, and vivid flashbacks bring to light what happened, Jarmond finds
that the present and future can definitely be influenced by what has already
happened.
Kristin Scott Thomas has done little
recently cinematically to impress after Leaving and Love Crime; so it's great to
report that she's back on form in this exquisitely layered and powerful
drama.
The film starts with two children bouncing
and giggling in a bed in 1942; but with a dreaded knock at the door, everything
changes.
This film is arrestingly good and packs a
mighty wallop as the pieces begin to fit together; the story from 1942 is
horrifically well realised, and conjures up a time we hope never to see
again.
It's a strong sense of direction that
delicately weaves together these two tales, stretched 67 years apart as they are
- and thanks to the sensitive acting of Scott Thomas, you'll be left an
emotional heap at the end.
Extras: Making of and
trailer - same there was no historical piece
Rating: 7/10
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